Help with route from Minneapolis to Detroit - Page 2

AKTroy · 12-27-2009, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannonshot

SS Badger: Manitowoc to Ludington
http://www.ssbadger.com/home.aspx

Lake Express: Milwaukee to Muskegon
http://www.lake-express.com/

Many think the Badger is a cooler maritime experience.

Considered going around the north side of Lake Michigan . . . or even going into Canada around Lake Huron?

Edit: Being a railroad man, you might enjoy the Badger more. It is an old coal fired railroad car ferry. Years ago some railroads suffered constraints trying to get their trains through Chicago so they moved their priority loads via ferries like the Badger.

Thanks. I actually ran steam engines in Durango Co before moviing to Alaska. I may just have to cheack that out.

AKTroy · 12-27-2009, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by GSJon

Try going over the Mackinac bridge and up through Upper Peninsula Michigan. There are some great roads up that way. Lots of water falls too. Fall will get cold up that way.

Jon
p.s. What's wrong with Chicago?

Going to see how the weather is. I may just do it that way. Nothing "wrong" with Chi-town just not what Im looking for this trip.

AKTroy · 12-27-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ManitouMike

Got a little cabin fever? 9 months planning for a 700 mile trip

A lot of cabin fever already.

This is just the second leg of a 14K from AK to NY down to FL across to CA and back up to Seattle.

Check it out here if you care to.
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=535560

AKTroy · 12-27-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by creaky

+ 1. Find your way to Duluth, take Rt. 13 along Superior, pick up Rt. 2 down to the Macinac Bridge. If you have time, split off Rt. 2 at Ironwood and head up to Copper Harbor, worth the trip.

Thanks I'll look at it.

AKTroy · 12-27-2009, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Daggy

AKTroy, let me know when you're coming down. I want to get out that way for breakfast again:

(Tony's I-75 Burch Run, MI)

Daggy I sure will. Do you know the number of a good cardiac surgen?

exoff-roadgoat · 12-28-2009, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by AKTroy

Thanks. I actually ran steam engines in Durango Co before moviing to Alaska. I may just have to cheack that out.

If your a train guy then you might want to stop in Sault Ste. Marie Ont. and ride the Agawa Canyon train. From what I've heard its a beauty of a trip. The cog railroad on Mt. Washington N.H. will blow your hair back too.

ManitouMike · 12-28-2009, 04:42 PM

Looks like a great trip, read your other post....now it makes sense

Good time to stop by Aerostitch in Duluth then loop the lakes in Canada.

Cabin fever bad here...Chomping at the bits for Copper Canyon this spring break and Mexico/Central America this summer. Want to make the trip to Alaska one day, but right now that doesn't sound real good

AKTroy · 12-28-2009, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by exoff-roadgoat

If your a train guy then you might want to stop in Sault Ste. Marie Ont. and ride the Agawa Canyon train. From what I've heard its a beauty of a trip. The cog railroad on Mt. Washington N.H. will blow your hair back too.

Checking out an old steamer is one thing. Getting on a train and riding it is not what I have planned for my vacation.

Too much like work.

Appreciate the thought though.

AKTroy · 12-28-2009, 06:21 PM

[quote=ManitouMike]Good time to stop by Aerostitch in Duluth then loop the lakes in Canada./quote]

Those kind of stops have the potential to get very expensive.

ADVBMR · 12-28-2009, 11:33 PM

I came back to AK last spring from PA via VA on a 12GS. Avoided ALL toll roads and most freeways. I came up through MI to the UP, then followed Hwy 2 over the top of WI to Duluth. Made a side trip to visit relatives in Ely, then caught Hwy 2 again to Minot ND before heading up to Canada and home.

Funny thing, I live a few miles down the road from you but I'm sitting in Mpls. now, having taken delivery of my first Duc which I just tucked in for the winter.

The road over WI and the UP is very pleasant and easygoing. Speeds are a little low, but the one who clocked me in MI about 20 over let me off with a caution and a pleasant chat. If you have the time, take a look at going up to Duluth, Thunder Bay and through Canada if you're headed to NY. I will be picking up a V-Strom in Boston in late May and am pondering my route to MN where I'll leave the bike. Like to spend a few days in New England just wandering. PM if you want to meet up for a beer in Anchortown and look at some maps.

Sox Fan · 12-29-2009, 05:50 PM

Agreed on going up and over the bridge - route 2 across the UP is a great road. A stop at Aerostitch in Deluth a good call as well. Here's the ladywife and I going over the bridge in August on our round about way to South Dakota:

AKTroy · 12-30-2009, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Sox Fan

Agreed on going up and over the bridge - route 2 across the UP is a great road. A stop at Aerostitch in Deluth a good call as well. Here's the ladywife and I going over the bridge in August on our round about way to South Dakota:

Sounds like this is what I'll do. I'll make the ferry an option depending on how I feel when I get there.

Thanks for the responses everybody.

Cannonshot · 12-30-2009, 11:12 AM

Let me know if you want any of these tracks.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164626

AKTroy · 12-31-2009, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Cannonshot

Let me know if you want any of these tracks.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164626

Great stuff! Thought Id just be blowing through here. Not anymore. Thanks.

AKTroy · 01-02-2010, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ADVBMR

I came back to AK last spring from PA via VA on a 12GS. Avoided ALL toll roads and most freeways. I came up through MI to the UP, then followed Hwy 2 over the top of WI to Duluth. Made a side trip to visit relatives in Ely, then caught Hwy 2 again to Minot ND before heading up to Canada and home.

Funny thing, I live a few miles down the road from you but I'm sitting in Mpls. now, having taken delivery of my first Duc which I just tucked in for the winter.

The road over WI and the UP is very pleasant and easygoing. Speeds are a little low, but the one who clocked me in MI about 20 over let me off with a caution and a pleasant chat. If you have the time, take a look at going up to Duluth, Thunder Bay and through Canada if you're headed to NY. I will be picking up a V-Strom in Boston in late May and am pondering my route to MN where I'll leave the bike. Like to spend a few days in New England just wandering. PM if you want to meet up for a beer in Anchortown and look at some maps.

Sounds good. Drop me a line when you get back.

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12-28-2009, 11:33 PM	#25
ADVBMR Polygamotorcyclist Joined: May 2007 Location: Anchorage AK Oddometer: 756	I came back to AK last spring from PA via VA on a 12GS. Avoided ALL toll roads and most freeways. I came up through MI to the UP, then followed Hwy 2 over the top of WI to Duluth. Made a side trip to visit relatives in Ely, then caught Hwy 2 again to Minot ND before heading up to Canada and home. Funny thing, I live a few miles down the road from you but I'm sitting in Mpls. now, having taken delivery of my first Duc which I just tucked in for the winter. The road over WI and the UP is very pleasant and easygoing. Speeds are a little low, but the one who clocked me in MI about 20 over let me off with a caution and a pleasant chat. If you have the time, take a look at going up to Duluth, Thunder Bay and through Canada if you're headed to NY. I will be picking up a V-Strom in Boston in late May and am pondering my route to MN where I'll leave the bike. Like to spend a few days in New England just wandering. PM if you want to meet up for a beer in Anchortown and look at some maps. __________________ IBA #47244 2007 R1200GS; 2006 DL650 V-Strom; 2011 F800R; 2013 CRF250L; 1995 R1100GS (sold); 2006 Ducati Multistrada 620 dark (sold)

12-29-2009, 05:50 PM	#26
Sox Fan SoxFan Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Southeast Michigan Oddometer: 808	Agreed on going up and over the bridge - route 2 across the UP is a great road. A stop at Aerostitch in Deluth a good call as well. Here's the ladywife and I going over the bridge in August on our round about way to South Dakota: Attached Images __________________ 2004 R1150 GSA 1976 R90/6 2007 530xi 1989 911

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12-28-2009, 04:42 PM	#22
ManitouMike Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2008 Location: Manitou Springs Oddometer: 424	Looks like a great trip, read your other post....now it makes sense Good time to stop by Aerostitch in Duluth then loop the lakes in Canada. Cabin fever bad here...Chomping at the bits for Copper Canyon this spring break and Mexico/Central America this summer. Want to make the trip to Alaska one day, but right now that doesn't sound real good

12-30-2009, 11:12 AM	#28
Cannonshot Having a Nice Time Joined: Jul 2005 Location: SE Wisconsin Oddometer: 14,297	Let me know if you want any of these tracks. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164626